#4E535E#4E535E

#4E535E is a dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.019 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E535E
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(221, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(221, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 11.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 0.60, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 7.09, 274.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% -0.0013 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.019 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2550, 8.6142, 11.8153)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E535E #5E594E

analogous

#4E5B5E #4E535E #514E5E

triadic

#4E535E #5E4E53 #535E4E

tetradic

#4E535E #5E4E5B #5E594E #4E5E51

square

#4E535E #5E4E5B #5E594E #4E5E51

split-complementary

#4E535E #5E514E #5B5E4E

monochromatic

#16181B #32353D #4E535E #6A717F #898F9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#4E535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E535E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E535E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E535E	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50545F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E525E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A5557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.019 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f838b',
    500: '#4e535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e535e;
$custom-light: #7f838b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44182,
    "c": 0.01916,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E535E

secondary

#8C877C

accent

#9F76B2

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E535E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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